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Ella's Kitchen Launches Recycling Scheme

If you have small children you will understand the importance of them eating the right foods and receiving the nutrients they need to grow up big and strong. With 'Ella's Kitchen' food brand, children can get all of that yummy goodness and be good to the...

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Waste Week 2015: Youngsters Raising Awareness

Raising awareness about the importance of reducing the amount of waste that goes to landfill is paramount. We generate around 177 million tonnes of waste every year in England alone; this is due to poor use of resources and costs businesses and household's money....

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How To Recycle Your Textiles

For many years there has been confusion and a lack of advice as to where and how textiles can be recycled. On average a UK household owns around £4,000 worth of clothes which 30% haven't been worn within the last year. We also bin 350,000 tonnes of used clothing...

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Our Skip Sizes Explained

If you have never hired a skip before then you might not know that skips come in different sizes and volumes. Depending on what you need it for depends on how big of a skip you will need to hire. At WT Skip Hire we are able to provide our customers with a number of...

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Landfill Tax Increase: Its Impact on Skip Hire Companies

April 1st is slowly creeping up on us, which means it's nearly time for the increase in landfill tax. Because of this tradition, every skip company owner will be thinking about the direct impact landfill tax has on our skip prices, as any residual waste that we...

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Investing in Waste Management and Recycling Equipment

For any waste management and recycling companies such as ours, plant and equipment is vital - if it is not running then the whole logistics chain falls apart, as skips can't be processed and the materials sent on. We're therefore committed to upgrading our...

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Jamie Eaton Gains Certification

We believe that helping to improve and advance our staff's skills is crucial for providing our customers with the best service possible. One of our members of staff, Jamie Eaton, has been working in our recycling centre since last summer so we decided to help him...

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Zero Waste Week: 1st-7th September

Zero Waste Week: 1st-7th September

What is Zero Waste Week? Zero Waste Week is a yearly event, started in 2008, made to promote leaving as little waste as possible through day to day life. Initially started on a blog, the founders challenged themselves to contribute no waste to landfills during the...

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Roll-on, Roll-off: Ideal For Business Refurbishments

Large scale disposal of waste requires a large scale skip to contain it. If your business premises are undergoing clearance or refurbishment the amount of waste produced by the job will most likely be too large to fit into most standard skips. Luckily there exists a...

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Skip Licences: What Are The Rules?

Finding somewhere to place your skip can sometimes be a difficult process. If you have a driveway or garage this is an ideal place for a skip but if you have more than 1 car in your home or live in a terraced house or flat you may have limited options. In some cases...

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